Hacker Jews

You're right to flag this. Could you do me a favor? I started the 4chan thread that's now on the front page of HN. I want to add a comment there, but I have a policy of not commenting on sites which require accounts. I made an account to post this, but the HN thread disabled comments from new users. 4chan stuff seriously shouldn't be posted here and will just lead to more trolling, racism/sexism, and a general degradation in quality and more work for moderators.

Hi HN. I actually started that thread on /g/. I think it's hilarious and somewhat sad that it got cross-posted here. Chan culture is a really weird thing, and (usually) it only makes sense in that context. The fact that people here seem interested seems to indicate a couple different things. The first being that there are a non-trivial number of 4chan users on HN, and that is amusing. The other thing it indicates, though, is that enough people here are amused by the parody of "startup speak" that they want to see jokes about it here. Stop that.

4chan is a total shithole. I go there to shitpost, troll, and generally let off some steam. I love/hate it, but these things should not bleed over into sites like HN. The fact that people are upvoting this and taking it at all seriously is an indication that this site is becoming more and more "redditized." It also may be an indication that the comment system here does not allow for enough free expression, thus people upvote stuff like 4chan threads which express feelings people have but can't necessarily say. Then again, maybe the comment system here is part of the reason why comments aren't full of "memes", lame jokes, and racist vitriol like most other sites.

Doesn't it bother any fellow channers to see this on a "real" website? To the person who posted it here specifically, what were you hoping to gain by posting that thread here? Are you new, friend?

The insular culture at HN is weird and, at times, frustrating, and it would be interesting to see some actual analysis of it (or how internet communities evolve culture over time in general). But who the fuck cares what 4chan thinks about anything? What does it say about HN that some random 4chan thread gets tons of upvotes?

The internet is weird.